diff --git a/data/images/crazy_name_pringles.png b/data/images/crazy_name_pringles.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a834f0a Binary files /dev/null and b/data/images/crazy_name_pringles.png differ diff --git a/data/images/julius_caught_on.png b/data/images/julius_caught_on.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6ef843 Binary files /dev/null and b/data/images/julius_caught_on.png differ diff --git a/data/images/julius_revision.png b/data/images/julius_revision.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6443ba8 Binary files /dev/null and b/data/images/julius_revision.png differ diff --git a/data/pages/posts/julius-pringles.md b/data/pages/posts/julius-pringles.md index 1a43061..b7e1c51 100644 --- a/data/pages/posts/julius-pringles.md +++ b/data/pages/posts/julius-pringles.md @@ -2,30 +2,36 @@ I remember his name for the first time and having ths probably intended "huh, that's odd" reaction a long time ago. If you look at the Wikipedia article for [Pringles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles) and search for "Julius", it should be relatively easy to not only find his name, but also validate this claim through a citation linking to an [Official document](https://s1.q4cdn.com/243145854/files/doc_financials/2021/ar/Kellogg-Company_AR_2022_Bookmarked.pdf) by Kellogg Company, the owners of the Pringles brand. -![Julius Pringles. probably. I will not be showing his dreadful new design](/data/images/pringles.png) +![Julius Pringles. probably](/data/images/pringles.png) -With an official source, numerous additional articles, and many other trusted sources dated before the current cited PDF, this should have _absolutely nothing_ to do with [citogenesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents) as mentioned above, but as it turns out, it just _might_. +With an official source, numerous additional articles, and many other trusted sources dated before the current cited PDF, this should have *absolutely nothing* to do with [citogenesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents) as mentioned above, but as it turns out, it just *might*. -A quick G\*\*gle search will show you [many](https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2021/09/22/Julius-Pringles-gets-a-makeover-to-celebrate-brands-30th-birthday-in-the-UK) [many](https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/whats-on/food-drink/pringles-mascot-julius-gets-new-5942616) [many](https://www.rd.com/article/pringles-man/) [many](https://retroist.com/what-is-the-name-of-the-pringles-mascot/) [many](https://consequence.net/2020/12/pringles-mascot-john-oliver/) [many](https://www.yahoo.com/video/real-true-history-julius-pringles-131830442.html) (although this last one _did_ skeptically refer to his name, maybe they almost fell down this rabbit hole?) more reasons to assure yourself this isn't some corporate cockup, but it still might be worth looking deeper. There was even a Jeopardy question (answer?) concreting this fact! +![A random Twitter user named "Platypus Man" asks "Crazy name, how'd you come up with it? He your founder or something?"](/data/images/crazy_name_pringles.png) + +A quick web search will show you [many](https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2021/09/22/Julius-Pringles-gets-a-makeover-to-celebrate-brands-30th-birthday-in-the-UK) [many](https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/whats-on/food-drink/pringles-mascot-julius-gets-new-5942616) [many](https://www.rd.com/article/pringles-man/) [many](https://retroist.com/what-is-the-name-of-the-pringles-mascot/) [many](https://consequence.net/2020/12/pringles-mascot-john-oliver/) [many](https://www.yahoo.com/video/real-true-history-julius-pringles-131830442.html) (although this last one *did* skeptically refer to his name, maybe they almost fell down this rabbit hole?) more reasons to assure yourself this isn't some corporate cockup, but it still might be worth looking deeper. There was even a Jeopardy question (answer?) concreting this fact! ![Jeopardy query reading: "Julius is the first name of the mustached man on cans of these chips"](/data/images/pringles_jeopardy.l.png) -I know it might be more normal for me to write about my weird tech hacks, or at least something vaguely related to my area of expertise, but I found this just interesting enough and digging up weird things is _always_ enticing to me. +I know it might be more normal for me to write about my weird tech hacks, or at least something vaguely related to my area of expertise, but I found this just interesting enough and digging up weird things is *always* enticing to me. -It was a normal 4AM on a Friday, when I spent a few seconds to check Twitter, and by random chance, I found a completely unverified, relatively unpopular, unaccredited tweet, making a mind-blowing claim. For a brief second, I thought to myself, and wondered if it were actually true, _what if_... But convincing me that the now-official name "Julius Pringles" was absolutley nothing more than a prank of a well-humored teenager is _not_ going to be that easy. If I was going to trust Twitter over any other documentation, why wouldn't I trust [this tweet](https://twitter.com/Pringles_UK/status/1504474540570685448) by Pringles themselves, confirming his name? +It was a normal 4AM on a Friday, when I spent a few seconds to check Twitter, and by random chance, I found a completely unverified, relatively unpopular, unaccredited tweet, making a mind-blowing claim. For a brief second, I thought to myself, and wondered if it were actually true, *what if*... But convincing me that the now-official name "Julius Pringles" was absolutley nothing more than a prank of a well-humored teenager is *not* going to be that easy. If I was going to trust Twitter over any other documentation, why wouldn't I trust [this tweet](https://twitter.com/Pringles_UK/status/1504474540570685448) by Pringles themselves, confirming his name? -Meet "Playpus Man" ([@Platypus222](https://twitter.com/Platypus222)), the person _apparently_ responsible for this name (and ludicrous explanation). According to [this tweet](https://twitter.com/Platypus222/status/1506117845746429956) and subsequent replies, they moderated Wikipedia articles with a great reputation, and then abused their trust to inject various made-up "facts". They expanded on this to also credit [@therealwiseman](https://twitter.com/therealwiseman) as the "true" source of the name, both explaining that they worked together on this alleged hoax. +![Twitter user named "Platypus Man" tweets "His name is Julius because I named him on Wikipedia in 2006 and it caught on"](/data/images/julius_caught_on.png) + +Meet "Playpus Man" ([@Platypus222](https://twitter.com/Platypus222)), the person *apparently* responsible for this name (and ludicrous explanation). According to [this tweet](https://twitter.com/Platypus222/status/1506117845746429956) and subsequent replies, they moderated Wikipedia articles with a great reputation, and then abused their trust to inject various made-up "facts". They expanded on this to also credit [@therealwiseman](https://twitter.com/therealwiseman) as the "true" source of the name, both explaining that they worked together on this alleged hoax. > "Short version is that I made up a name for a mustached snack food mascot, added it to Wikipedia, and over time due to luck and a change of ownership it stuck and the company now claims ownership of it." -WELL... That's a lot to hear, but it should be pretty easy to confirm or deny, Wikipedia has an edit history. So I picked up a "blame" tool and found the exact edit responsible for introducing the word "Julius" [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pringles&diff=prev&oldid=91948521) and lo and behold it was authored by a user named "Platypus222" in 2006, well there we go, we've confirmed it! Well, not quite. The mysterious "Platypus Man" himself also said "Some will claim that the company probably just used it before that but you'll never find proof of that.", so despite his suspious uncited insertation, this _may_ have been an existing name, and the addition of "you'll never find proof of that" sounds like a challenge to me. +WELL... That's a lot to hear, but it should be pretty easy to confirm or deny, Wikipedia has an edit history. So I picked up a "blame" tool and found the exact edit responsible for introducing the word "Julius" [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pringles&diff=prev&oldid=91948521) and lo and behold it was authored by a user named "Platypus222" in 2006, well there we go, we've confirmed it! Well, not quite. The mysterious "Platypus Man" himself also said "Some will claim that the company probably just used it before that but you'll never find proof of that.", so despite his suspious uncited insertation, this *may* have been an existing name, and the addition of "you'll never find proof of that" sounds like a challenge to me. -True, it appears _very difficult_ to find any source of that name pre-dating that Wikipedia edit, but not impossible. Curiously, one of the few results I could find, was a [drawing from Danbooru](https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/9727). +![Screenshot of the Wikipedia change adding the incited line "The man depicted in the Pringles logo is actually named Julius Pringles."](/data/images/julius_revision.png) + +True, it appears *very difficult* to find any source of that name pre-dating that Wikipedia edit, but not impossible. Curiously, one of the few results I could find, was a [drawing from Danbooru](https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/9727). !["Julius" Pringles on the edge of a drawing](/data/images/pringles_anime.l.png) -The date on the left clearly shows this was uploaded in 2005, ultimately disproving the wacky "hoax" hoax, for further confirmation, the presence of a character resembling the mustached character we know and love confirms this was not a naming coincidence. Interestingly, this appears to be the first upload on this website featuring Pringles to any extent, though that seems to be of little importance. +The date on the left clearly shows this was uploaded in 2005, ultimately disproving the wacky "hoax" hoax. Interestingly, this appears to be the first upload on this website featuring Pringles to any extent, though that seems to be of little importance. Right? -I actually asked the great Platypus about this, and pointed out that interestingly, the uploader of the above picture, joined the site in 2007, putting the 2005 date on the Julius image uner question, so unless somebody else can step forth, there is _no_ prior usage of the "Julius" name prior to the phony Wikipedia edit. I didn't think think there was any chance I would end my weird little quest by all-but-confirming this absolutely insane origin story of the "Julius" title, but here we are. +I actually asked the great Platypus about this weird image, and he correctly pointed out that interestingly, the uploader of the above picture, joined the site in 2007, putting the 2005 date on the Julius image uner question. So unless somebody else can step forth, there is *no* prior usage of the "Julius" name prior to the phony Wikipedia edit. I didn't think think there was any chance I would end my weird little quest by almost entirely confirming this absolutely insane origin story of the "Julius" title, but here we are. -But it's too late, he may have injected his friend's made up name onto the Wikipedia article, but that name is real now, this is a true, verifiable fact - this is the _real_ first name of Mr Pringles. One can only guess the convoluted adventure this falsity took to end up as the official name, but it has already happened, so this is not something that can or should be removed, and is not a real candidate for the mentioned list of citogenesis articles. \ No newline at end of file +But it's too late, he may have injected his friend's made up name onto the Wikipedia article, but that name is real now, this is a true, verifiable fact - this is the *real* first name of Mr Pringles. One can only guess the convoluted adventure this falsity took to end up as the official name, but it has already happened, so this is not something that can or should be removed, and is not a real candidate for the mentioned list of citogenesis articles. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/src/MParser.elm b/src/MParser.elm index 6310d53..cd2883e 100644 --- a/src/MParser.elm +++ b/src/MParser.elm @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ renderer = |> Ok , image = \image body -> - Element.image [ Element.width Element.fill ] { src = image.src, description = body } + Element.image [ Element.width (Element.maximum 700 Element.fill) ] { src = image.src, description = body } |> Ok , list = \items -> diff --git a/src/Main.elm b/src/Main.elm index b9e6020..6c890dd 100644 --- a/src/Main.elm +++ b/src/Main.elm @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ init _ url key = , Cmd.batch [ fetchPage "home" , fetchPage "about" + , fetchPage "posts/julius-pringles" , fetchPage "posts/viveahk" , fetchPage "posts/librebasics" ] @@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ page model = posts = Dict.fromList - [ ( "viveahk", { subtext = "Using the Vive Pro controllers on Windows to run shortucts" } ) + [ ( "julius-pringles", { subtext = "Hey, where did that name come from anyway?" } ) + , ( "viveahk", { subtext = "Using the Vive Pro controllers on Windows to run shortucts" } ) , ( "librebasics", { subtext = "How to use the internet for free* in poor countries" } ) ]